that means trump was working on a deal in russia well into the campaign. so why did he say this? i know nothing about the inner workings of russia. i don t deal there. i have no businesses there. i don t know putin. have no business whatsoever with russia. have nothing to do with russia. i have nothing to do with russia, folks. they said maybe donald trump is involved in projects with the russians. the answer s no. no. i have no dealings with russia. i have no deals in russia. i have no deals that could happen in russia because we ve stayed away. clearly it wasn t true that donald trump had no dealings with russia. this timeline also raises major questions about why trump repeatedly went out of his way to praise vladimir putin and push pro-russia policies during the campaign. jessica snyder joins us now. jessica, good evening to you. walk us through what s going on, what was going on during the
giuliani did there was admit talks lasted much longer than previously believed. now according to court k dome documents, he said they stopped in 2016 because that was after everybody lied and said they stopped before the primaries began. then it was june 14th and now gho giuliani says it went through the entire election that proves all of this was false. i know nothing about the inner workings of russia. i don t deal there and have no businesses. i don t know putin. have no business whatsoever with russia. have nothing to do with russia. i have nothing to do with russia, folks. they said maybe donald trump is involved in projects with the russians, the answer is no. no. okay. so not only is all that not true, but if trump was continuing to push a major project in moscow through the election, it puts a whole new
sounds pretty clear to me. but now rudy giuliani is walking back those comments telling cnn that his statements that trump was in talks about trump tower moscow up until the election were hypothetical. and not based on conversations with the president. so why did he quote the president if it was hypothetical? why would he give a kroquote? but giuliani s lafts clarification doesn t change the fact that when michael cohen pleaded guilty to a charge from robert mueller in november he said those conversations went through june of 2016. so at least until june of 2016. that means trump was working on a deal in russia well into the campaign. so why did he say this? i know nothing about the inner workings of russia. i don t deal there. i have no businesses there. i don t know putin. have no business whatsoever with russia. have nothing to do with russia. i have nothing to do with russia, folks. they said maybe donald trump is
became the presumptive republican nominee and just one month before the convention. cohen saying he told congress the deal, dubbed the moscow project, ended before the iowa caucus and the very first primary in hopes of limiting the ongoing russia investigations. cohen s revelations in court showed he discussed the status of the moscow project with donald trump on mohr than three occasions and briefed trump s family members, plus, despite previously denying any contact with moscow related to the project, cohen now admits he talked directly with somebody in vladimir putin s press secretary s office for 20 minutes in january 2016. i don t know putin. i ve never met him, but if this deal was going forward, i certainly would have started working the phones. reporter: cohen also worked with felix sater, a russian american businessman to discuss the deal and cohen even contemplated that cohen would
and by the way, i m not afraid of putin. i don t know putin, i ve never met putin. i respect putin. he s a strong leader, i can tell you that, unlike what we have. saddam hussain was a bad guy, right? he was a bad guy, really bad guy. but you know what he did well? he killed terrorists. he did that so good. you look at north korea, this guy is like a maniac, okay? and you have to give him credit. how many young guys, he was like 26 or 25 when his father died, takes over these tough generals. it s pretty amazing when you think about it. i don t know, dictators and their sons? president trump, as he gets ready to meet with the north